Ticket-holder.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. MSTRONG.

G. D. KEMMERER & W. B. AR

TICKET HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. KEMMERER, OF W ILKES-BARRE, AND WVHEELER B. ARMSTRONG, OF PLYMOUTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE D. KEM- MERER, residing at Wilkes Barre, and WHEELER B. ARMSTRONG, residing at Plymouth, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket-holders, and is primarly designed for attachment to the back of the seat of a railway-car, so as to hold the ticket in displayed position for the convenience of the conductor, as well as the passenger.

A further object of the invention is to have the device entirely complete in itself and capable of being fitted to any ordinary car seat without requiring any change or alteration therein and to avoid annoyance to the occupant of the seat.

enable the convenient engagement and disengagement of the ticket with respect tothe holder and at the same time to effectually hold the ticket against displacement.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the s irit or sacrificing any of the ad- Vanta es 0 the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the ticket-holder of the present invention applied in its operative position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the device detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the device. Fig. 5 is aview of a modification. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional View thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of the spring-b ar.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

Referring first more particularly to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, it will be seen that the body 1 of the present device is substantially semitubular in shape and formed of sheet metal.

The body is shaped and proportioned so as to snugly embrace the top edge of the back 2 of an ordinary seat of a railway day-coach and is held thereon by means of terminal fastenings 3, which pass through openings 4 in the end portions of the body and enter the back of the seat. Extending longitudinally in the top of the body for the greater part of the distance between the fastenings 3 is a depression or groove 5, in which is received a spring bar or clip 6, which is preferably of wire substantially circular in crosssection. The ends of this bar are passed through openings 7 at the ends of the groove and terminate in eyes 8, lying upon the under side af thebody in alinement with the openings 4 for the reception of the fastenings, whereby the s ring bar or clip is held in place by means 0 the fastenings which secure the body to the back of the seat. The middle portion of the bar is twisted into an' upstanding loop 9, constituting a handle A still further object of the invention is to or finger-piece for elevating the spring bar or cli Tn practice a ticket 10 is thrust between the spring-clip and the body of the device, whereby the ticket will be clamped between the spring-clip and the body and held in exposed position. Upon reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings it will be noted that the depression or groove 5 facilitates the forcing of one edge of the ticket beneath the spring-clip. and the ticket is bent into the groove or seat 5 by the clip, which insures a strong and effective holding of the ticket. Moreover, the bottom of the depression is concaved, and its side walls round upwardly and outwardly, merging gradually into the top of the body, whereby the depression is entirely free from abrupt shoulders, which would interfere with the convenient introduction of a ticket or check beneath the spring-wire and transversely across the depression.

It is not absolutely necessary to lift the spring-clip by means of the handle 9, as a ticket may be conveniently forced beneath the spring-clip, but in some instances it may be found desirable to lift the spring-clip by the handle 9 should the ticket become wedged, thereby to prevent tearing of the ticket.

A slightly-modified form of the device has been shown in Fi s. 5 and 6, wherein the body is substantia ly the same as hereinbefore described; but the spring bar or clip 11 is not provided with terminal eyes, but is soldered or otherwise secured to the under side of the body, and the handle 9 of the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4c, inclusive, is omitted.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the device of the present invention is exceedingly simple, inexpensive, and at the same time highly efficient for the purpose designed. By reason of its shape it fits snugly the top edge of the back of the seat and does not present any objectionable projections which would cause annoyance to the occupant of the seat when resting his head against the back of the seat. Moreover, the device remains permanently in position and is conveniently accessible both for applying and removing the ticket and for observing the same. i

A very important advantage of the present device resides in the fact as each passenger must display a ticket, stub, or the like held in place at the top edge of the back of the seat the conductor cannot fail to collect all tickets or fares, wherefore steal of rides is effectually prevented.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A ticket-holder comprising a plate-metal body provided with a longitudinal depression which is concaved in cross-section with its side walls rounding upwardly and outwardly merging into the top of the body, and a springwire having a substantially circular cross sectional shape lying longitudinally within the open top of the depression with its ends connected to the body and its intermediate portion free from the body and out of contact therewith, the bottom and side walls of the depression being free from projections.

2. A ticket-holder comprising a plate-metal body which is convexed in cross-section and provided with a longitudinal depression in its conveXed upper face, the bottom of the depression being concaved and its sides rounding upwardly and outwardly merging into the top of the body, there being perforations in the body at the ends of the depression and other perforations beyond the depression, a spring-wire having a substantially circular cross-sectional shape lying within the open top of the depression'with its ends passed through the first-mentioned perforations and provided with terminal eyes located beneath the body in alinement with the other perfo rations, and fastenings passing through said other perforations and the eyes and serving to hold the body and the wire in place, the bottom and side walls of the depression being free from projections.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence af two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE D. KEMMERER. WHEELER B. ARMSTRONG.

l/Vitnesses:

GEO. J. KULP, JOHN H. KULP. 

